Bug#593706: install-info breaks dpkg
On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 02:52:49PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote:
> Package: install-info
> Version: 4.13a.dfsg.1-5
> Severity: critical
>
> The tool /usr/bin/install-info breaks the configuration in dpkg as dpkg
> uses install-info internal (dpkg, debconf, dpkg-reconfigure, I am not
> sure which exactly but that makes no sens either). The configuration on
> newly installed systems will not be finished as the error brakes the
> configuration step.
> [...]
>
> Please note that the bug is there for some time now and I am not sure
> when it was issued. If I know correctly even stable is concerned.
> However, oldstable was fine.
I have just installed a Debian testing system (from the alpha1 netinst
images) with no problems whatsoever (modulo a grub-related issue).
How do you know that this is the cause of the problem you have
observed? Some logs or further details of the installation are
absolutely necessary to pursue this bug further, and ideally a precise
description of how to reproduce it.
Julian
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